Improved medicine-glass



wUNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. G. BOGGS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED MEDICINE-GLASS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nc. 85,203, dated December 22, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. G. BoGGs, of PhilaA delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in MedicineGlasses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists of a medicilie-glass the cover of which is ground upon its upper surface, for writing upon, and on which are formed words and other markings, as fully described hereafter, the object of my invention being to afford an infallible guide (in carrying ont the instructions of a physician) to the person whose duty it is to administer the medicine contained in the glass.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the mode of constructing and using the same, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis an external view of my improved medicine-glass; Fig. 2, a sectional View of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view of the cover of the glass; and Fig. 4, another plan view, showing the application of my invention.

A represents a vessel of glass, similar in shape in the present instance to an ordinary tumbler, and on one side of this Vessel are formed graduations for measuring medicine by tea-spoon or table-spoonfuls. (See Fig. l.) B is a cap or cover, also of glass, which fits accurately on the upper edge of the vessel A, the top of this cover being perfectly flat and roughened, so that it can be readily marked upon by a pencil, and on this roughened surface are grooves or indentations a, molded or cut into the cover, which cross each other at right angles, inclosing squares b.

About two-thirds of the surface of the cover are thus occupied by the grooves c and the inclosed squares, the remaining third being perfectly plain with the exception of the word spoonfuh molded in the glass in sunken letters. Another word, at, is formed on the cover within one of the squares b, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4.

The above-described glass is intended as an infallible guide to a nurse -in carrying out the directions of a physician in administering medicine.

It is used as follows: The medicine having been prepared is placed in the glass, the proper quantity to be administered (whether in tea or table-spoonfuls) bein g determined by the graduations 011 the side of the glass.

The physician then, instead of trusting to verbal instruct-ions, which are liable to be misunderstood or forgotten, writes upon the roughened surface of the cover the quantity of medicine to be taken at one time, and the hours at which it must be administered. This is clearly shown in the last figure ofthe drawing, which is a view of the cover as it appears when the directions are thus written upon it, the direction in the present instance reading as follows: One table-spoonful at one, three, five, seven, 85e., indicating that this quantity (a table-spoonful) is to be taken every two hours, beginning at one oclock.

It will be seen that the marking and squares upon the cover (which, however, ean'be varied if desired) enable the physician to quickly write these directions, and in a manner which will readily be understood by the person whose duty it is to administer the medicine.

It is not essential, in carrying out my invention, that the glass should be graduated, nor that the cover should be marked as herein described; but Y I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a vessel, A, to which is adapted a cover, B, prepared for the reception of memoranda, substantially as described.

2. A cover for medicine glasses having a roughened surface, as herein described, and upon the same surface words and other markings, arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

T. G. BOGGS. Witnesses:

E. II. BArLEY, HARRY SMITH. 

